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Is there a way that I can show ALL the comments in a channel made by a the author of the current entry that the visitor is viewing.

E.g. A visitor is viewing ‘Post A’, written by Member 1, is there a way of listing all the comments made by Member 1 in that or other channels?

Hope that made some kind of sense.

You should be able to accomplish this by using the “author_id” parameter. Try something like this on a single-entry page:

{exp:comment:entries author_id="{author_id}"}
<div id="comment-{comment_id}">{comment}</div>
{/exp:comment:entries}

Hope that helps point you in the right direction.

One step closer…

It lists the comments a user has made, but I need to be able to link to the entry that comment was made about. I was hoping this would work:

{exp:comment:entries author_id="{author_id}" dynamic="no"}
<div class="comment-divider">
<a href="http://{url_title_path=temps/profile}">{title}</a>
</div>
{/exp:comment:entries}

But it just links back to the current entry and uses the current title.

EDIT: I should also add that the template this is in is the temps/profile one, but I need to link to the other entries using the same template in the way described above.

Try this if you’re open to a PHP solution:

1. Inside the single-entry loop, assign the {author_id} tag to a variable (e.g. “$author_id”).
2. Outside of the single-entry loop, do the following:

{exp:channel:entries 
 channel="your_channel" 
 dynamic="no" 
 disable="categories|category_fields|member_data|pagination"}
 
 {exp:comment:entries entry_id="{entry_id}" author_id="<?= $author_id ?>"}
   <a href="http://{url_title_path=temps/profile}">{title}</a>
 {/exp:comment:entries} 
{/exp:channel:entries}

Also, take a look at {comment_url_title_auto_path}.

Re: point 1, assigning the variable… how would I go about that? I take it is isn’t as simple as the old way of doing assign_variable and it’s tag?

The rest I can do.

In your single-entry loop, just do something like:

<?php $author_id = '{author_id}'; ?>

Also, for your template, make sure “Allow PHP” is set to “Yes” under the “Edit Preferences” menu on the Design > Templates > Template Manager page.

Hello oliverhood,

I am happy to see that you have had some help from elative. Thanks for the assist elative.

Does this set you on the right path?

Is there anything I can help you with?

Just let me know!

Cheers,